Hereward Thegn of Mercia 
Hereward Thegn of was born in 1004 in Barholm,Lincolnshire,England. Hereward Thegn of's father was Leofric III Earl of Mercia and his mother was Lady Godiva Countess of Mercia. His paternal grandparents were Leofwine I Earl of Mercia and Alwara Athelstansdottir; his maternal grandparents were Thorold of Lincoln Sheriff and Edith Malet. He had a brother and a sister, named Alfgar III Earl of and Daughter Of Leofric Earl Of. He was the second oldest of the three children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Hereward Of, Erminhild and Daughter of Leofric Earl of. He died after 1086 in Witham,Lincolnshire,England.1 General Notes
Hereward, Mercian Thegn, who led the Anglo-Saxon resistence to William I (The Conqueror) 1071 and who apparently got back his pre-conquest lands at Witham, Barholm, and Rippingale about the time of the Domesday Suvey 1086. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0848 in Leicestershire,England (Mercia) d.0870
- b.< 0871 in Mercia,England
- b.~ 0905 in Mercia,England
- b.0946 in Chester,Cheshire,England (Mercia) d.< 1032 in Chester,Cheshire,England (Mercia)
- b.0825 in Mercia (West Anglia) England d.0911 in Eadburh
- b.~ 0855
- b.~ 0830 in Mercia,England
- b.~ 0909 in Mercia,England
- b.~ 0848 in Of,Wantage,Berkshire,England d.26 OCT 901 in ,WInchester,Hampshire,England
- b.~ 0869 in Wessex,England d.15 JUN 919 in St. Peters,Gloucestershire,England
- b.~ 0852 in ,Mercia,England d.5 DEC 904 in St. Mary's Abbey,Winchester,Dorsetshire,England
- b.14 MAY 978 in Chester,Cheshire,England (Mercia) d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley,Staffordshire,England (Mercia)
- b.~ 0920 in ,Mercia,England
- b.0955 in Mercia,England
- b.1004 in Barholm,Lincolnshire,England d.> 1086 in Witham,Lincolnshire,England
- b.~ 0940 in ,Lincoln,England
- b.~ 1010 in Buckinghamshire,England d.> 1086 in Coventry,Warwickshire,England (Mercia)
- b.~ 0933 in Alkborough,Lincoln,England
- b.~ 0960 in Alkborough,Lincoln,England
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‌Hereward Thegn of were married in a religious ceremony about 1025 in ,Mercia,England.
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